Sun, sand, sky, water, and women predominate as subject matter when artists throughout history turned their attention to communicating the light, languid heat, and soft sensuality of long summer days.
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The Venice Film Festival lineup was announced earlier this week, and with it came a stir of anticipation.
When thinking of women in the arts, names like Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, or Hilma af Klint may come to mind.
Brazilian conceptual artist, Ilê Sartuzi, recently introduced a new artistic medium to the British Museum when he enacted “Sleight of Hand” with a circa 1645 silver coin from the museum’s collection.
The San Candido Baths ruins are the remains of a peculiar building located near the town of S. Candido, in Südtirol, Italy. It is possible to admire them after taking a relatively short walk in the forest east of the town— a suggestive hike at the foot of the Dolomites— at the end of which one may glimpse the remains of a building hiding beyond the trees.
Despite a series of scandals that left the public unsure of its continuance, German mega-exhibition Documenta has just announced the new selection committee in charge of finding their next artistic director. Taking place every five years in Kassel, Germany, Documenta had an original committee for the 2027 show that resigned en masse after serious allegations of anti-semitism.
In 2017, the mysterious final painting by Leonardo da Vinci became the most expensive painting ever sold when it left Christie’s New York for a whopping $450 million. The more than generous price tag may have seemed fair at a distance, but shocked those who knew the painting’s tumultuous backstory.
If one were to receive a dozen red roses, the meaning behind it would be no secret— it’s a sign of love. But, has this foral symbol always been so well-known?
The estate of Ansel Adams has made their frustrations clear towards computer software giant Adobe.
Frank Lloyd Wright Jr’s beloved Wayfarers Chapel is currently in the process of an emergency dismantlement. Due to unprecedented damage resulting from an atmospheric river storm system that hit Los Angeles County last February, the elaborate structure has begun sliding toward the ocean at seven inches per week.
